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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

The Role of Exosomes and Their Applications in Cancer.

Yuju Zhou, Ying Zhang, Huan Gong, Siqi Luo, Yan Cui

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers.

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99citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

99 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Exosomes promise better bone regeneration.Regenerative therapy · 2025
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  16. Exosomes, autophagy, and cancer: A complex triad.International journal of cancer · 2025
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  18. Targeting breast tumor extracellular matrix and stroma utilizing nanoparticles.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  20. MXene and prostate cancer: is there promising news?Nanomedicine (London, England) · 2025
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39 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yuju ZhouSchool of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
Ying ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
Huan GongSchool of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
Siqi LuoSchool of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
Yan CuiSchool of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning 2019-ZD-0463Scientific Research Fund of Liaoning Provincial Education Department LJKZ0939
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exosomes are very small extracellular vesicles secreted by multiple cell types and are extensively distributed in various biological fluids. Recent research indicated that exosomes can participate in regulating the tumor microenvironment and impacting tumor proliferation and progression. Due to the extensive enrollment in cancer development, exosomes have become a focus of the search for a new therapeutic method for cancer. Exosomes can be utilized for the therapeutic delivery of small molecules, proteins and RNAs to target cancer cells with a high efficiency. Exosome-carried proteins, lipids and nucleic acids are being tested as promising biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and prognosis, even as potential treatment targets for cancer. Moreover, different sources of exosomes exhibit multiple performances in cancer applications. In this review, we elaborate on the specific mechanism by which exosomes affect the communication between tumors and the microenvironment and state the therapeutic and diagnostic applications of exosomes in cancers.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationExosomesNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentHumansapplicationscancersexosomestumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID34830085
PMCPMC8622108

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